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package com.biglybt.core.networkmanager;

public interface 
ControllerAllocationManagement
{
	// methods to manage entity transition between controllers

	public int UNALLOCATED_PARTITION = Integer.MAX_VALUE/2;

	public boolean
	isReadControllerActive(
			int		partition );

	public void
	setReadControllerInactive();

	public void
	setTargetReadControllerPartition(
			int		partition );

	public void
	activeReadControllerRelease(
			boolean		added );

	public boolean
	isWriteControllerActive(
			int		partition );

	public void
	setWriteControllerInactive();

	public void
	setTargetWriteControllerPartition(
			int		partition );

	public void
	activeWriteControllerRelease(
			boolean		added );
}
